Vai al contenuto principale della pagina
Autore: |
Girard René <1923->
![]() |
Titolo: |
Anorexia and mimetic desire / / René Girard ; translated by Mark R. Anspach
![]() |
Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2013 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (113 p.) |
Disciplina: | 616.85/262 |
Soggetto topico: | Anorexia nervosa |
Anorexia nervosa - Psychological aspects | |
Desire (Philosophy) | |
Philosophy, French - 20th century | |
Altri autori: |
AnspachMark R
![]() |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword, by Jean-Michel Oughourlian, translated by M. B. DeBevoise; Introduction: Anorexia and the Spirit of the Times, by Mark R. Anspach; Eating Disorders and Mimetic Desire, by René Girard; A Conversation with René Girard, with Mark R. Anspachand Laurence Tacou; Notes |
Sommario/riassunto: | René Girard shows that all desires are contagious-and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling new book, Girard ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls mimetic desire: a desire imitated from a model. Girard has long argued that, far from being spontaneous, our most intimate desires are copied from what we see around us. In a culture obsessed with thinness, the rise of eating disorders should be no surprise. When everyone is trying to slim down, Girard asks, how can we convince anorexic patients to have a healthy outlook on eating? Mixing theoretical sophistication with ir |
Titolo autorizzato: | Anorexia and mimetic desire ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-60917-376-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818637703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |